Although it was not the first as Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Ludwig, and Paddington Bear broke across the pond during the 1970s.

6. According to Channel 4, it’s the third greatest kid’s TV show ever made

In a show aired in 2001, it was placed third behind The Muppets and The Simpsons. Not bad going really!

7. He goes into the seventh level of Yoga hopping trance

Danger Mouse achieves this by balancing on his index finger and hopping on the spot. In The Destroyer series of books, fictional government operative Remo Williams did the same thing.

8. His arch nemesis is Baron Silas Greenback

In the unaired pilot for the show, he was called Baron Greenteeth. But this was changed as Greenback is a slang term for money in America, which suited his character.

9. In America, Stiletto Mafiosa has a cockney accent

In the UK broadcast version he had an Italian accent, but this was changed for the States so they wouldn’t offend any of their Italian-American viewers.

10. There were 161 episodes between 1981-1992

However, when it was released on VHS and DVD, they edited together several five-parters into single episodes to make a total of 89.

11. Count Duckula was one of the villains

He would later to go on to star in his own series still voiced by David Jason which ran for 65 episodes between 1988 and 1993. The two characters are very different, but both shows made great lengths to tie both universes together. In fact, he became good friends with Danger Mouse in the comics.

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